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Title: Hickory Selfy
Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on September 14, 2012, 01:03:12 pm

    Yesterday I finished up a Hickory bow that I am particularly happy with. It has just enough character to be interesting but still has clean lines and great finish work. Its 66" long and 66# @ 28" chocolate deer leather grip & walnut tips. the top and bottom tips are different to accommodate a knot in the lower tip. I did some gentle heat treating on the belly, but not enough to scorch it. just wanted to share it with you! thanks- Ryan

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Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on September 14, 2012, 01:04:02 pm

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Post by: rossfactor on September 14, 2012, 01:09:14 pm

Real nice Ryan.  Classic tiller.  I love the character on the back of a nice hickory stave.

Gabe

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Post by: BowEd on September 14, 2012, 01:25:33 pm

Nice....Gotta love that hickory.

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Post by: Tom Leemans on September 14, 2012, 02:18:18 pm

Nice! Tiller looks good! I like the toasting too.

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Post by: Del the cat on September 14, 2012, 02:24:47 pm

Yup, great bow, clean and cool. 66# I'll bet that packs a punch.
Del

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Post by: k-hat on September 14, 2012, 02:35:14 pm

Another twisted beauty!  Need to get my hands on some hickory staves, i've only been able to do hickory boards so far, though i'm loving my hackberry and elm staves.  Love the natural look to it.

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Post by: hedgeapple on September 14, 2012, 02:52:57 pm

That's a fine meat getter if ever I saw one.

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Post by: bubby on September 14, 2012, 03:49:56 pm

as allways a great lookin' bow, Bub

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Post by: JW_Halverson on September 14, 2012, 04:26:30 pm

Keep posting pics of bows like this one and people on here are gonna start thinking that you know what you are doing!

I've said it enough times, but these simple-straight forward bows must be tillered perfectly.  There is just no character to hide any tillering errors.  In that way, a simple bow like this is a difficult bow to produce.  Once again, you nailed it but good. 

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Post by: Dauntless on September 14, 2012, 05:03:54 pm

Really nice! Elegant lines like that made me think it was one of GMC's bows for a second.

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Post by: lesken2011 on September 14, 2012, 06:04:02 pm

Really nice job! ;)


 Tell me how you gently heat treat without scorching. I got a white oak molle that is to that point and as much as I would like to heat treat, the oak is so pretty, I would rather not scorch it.

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Post by: Hrothgar on September 14, 2012, 09:28:37 pm

Really nice job. Good weight too, wish I could get that out of a hickory flatbow. :embarassed:

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Post by: nativenoobowyer86 on September 14, 2012, 10:08:35 pm

Very nice Hickory bow! I am not the biggest fan of hickory but that beauty is definitely tempting me to try again :)

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Post by: H Rhodes on September 14, 2012, 10:13:09 pm

Excellent work as usual!  I am a huge fan of hickory and that one looks like it will last you through a mile of bow strings. 

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Post by: Blacktail on September 14, 2012, 10:43:38 pm

great work BIG R...i really love that you make plain Jane bows and they more beautiful than all decked ones...john

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Post by: Badly Bent on September 15, 2012, 12:41:41 am

Real nice looking hickory bow Ryan. You just know by looking at it that it will take down anything worth hunting.
Greg